Update: SU running back Delone Carter's court appearance delayed

Frank Ordoñez / The Post-Standard, 2009Syracuse University running back Delone Carter tries to avoid a University of Akron defender during an Oct. 24 game in the Carrier Dome.

Update, 12 p.m.: Delone Carter's court appearance scheduled for today has been delayed at his lawyer's request. A new date has not yet been set.

Earlier:

Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse University running back Delone Carter is scheduled to appear in City Court this afternoon for a pretrial conference on a misdemeanor assault charge.

The 1:30 p.m. appearance may or may not move the case along. Any action would depend on whether Carter's attorneys were able to reach any agreement with the District Attorney's Office.

Post-Standard court reporter Jim O'Hara wrote in late April that Carter's representatives had worked out a deal to satisfy the charges and return the football player to school, but an early June hearing was cancelled and Carter hasn't been back in court since his arraignment in April.

Carter, a redshirt senior tailback and the Orange's leading rusher and scorer last season, is accused of punching a fellow SU student in the head following a snowball-throwing incident on Feb. 27.

Carter, who gained 1,028 yards last season for the 4-8 Orange, was suspended from school following his arrest the afternoon of April 14 as he and teammates were preparing for spring practice.

The running back has not lived on campus since and isn't listed on the team's preseason 2010 depth chart, but Carter will be able to apply for readmission to the university this month. If a judicial review panel rules in his favor, Carter would be able to return to the football team.

SU head coach Doug Marrone has refused to comment on Carter's situation, since he's not enrolled in school. If Carter is reinstated, Marrone would then have to decide whether to impose any team sanctions, such as game suspensions.

Please check back with Syracuse.com this afternoon for updates on the story from Jim O'Hara.